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package com.google.protobuf;
/**
* Blocking equivalent to {@link Service}.
*
* @author kenton@google.com Kenton Varda
* @author cpovirk@google.com Chris Povirk
*/
public interface BlockingService {
/** Equivalent to {@link Service#getDescriptorForType}. */
Descriptors.ServiceDescriptor getDescriptorForType();
/**
* Equivalent to {@link Service#callMethod}, except that {@code callBlockingMethod()} returns the
* result of the RPC or throws a {@link ServiceException} if there is a failure, rather than
* passing the information to a callback.
*/
Message callBlockingMethod(
Descriptors.MethodDescriptor method, RpcController controller, Message request)
throws ServiceException;
/** Equivalent to {@link Service#getRequestPrototype}. */
Message getRequestPrototype(Descriptors.MethodDescriptor method);
/** Equivalent to {@link Service#getResponsePrototype}. */
Message getResponsePrototype(Descriptors.MethodDescriptor method);
}